Thread: Lift and tyres.

Originally Posted by RoverHse

I needed 2" suspension lift, 2.5" body lift and about 1" wheel arch trim to fit 33" on 16x8 rims with 25mm offset.

Look at Les Richmond Auto and DAP Enterprises for the body lift kit. I got some flares from APT Fabrication. Wheels are Dynamic.

That appears to be how one of my rangies was run by the previous owner. To me it looked like a ridiculous setup just to fit 33".
But when you consider the 2" spring lift doesn't add any clearance and can essentially be ignored because full compression is full compression. So it could likely be done with the body lift and guard chop.

Originally Posted by RoverHse

With only a 2" suspension lift I was running 31". I've got some pics to upload, but seem to be having a problem

I run 30.5" with no lift and they only things they touch are the radius arms (need to adjust steering stops). There is still enough clearance to wrap snow chains around them.

My Green 2 door has a 40mm body lift. The guards are cut and it has flares. It has Standard rear springs on the front and 250lb/inch (unknown length) on the rear. I am pretty sure required an engineers cert when it was done by AMV in 99, but I may be wrong. I have run 33" tyres on it with obviously a bit of rubbing on the radius arms on full lock. Normally I run 265/75/16 MTs on it.

Originally Posted by V8Mitch

So the short answer is no. How big a tyre can I go then with only a 2 inch lift and some offset wheels and flares of course...?

Forget about the 2" spring lift bit, its more or less irrevelant as others have explained.


I would think anything over 31's and you would be rubbing on the top of the rear wheel well at full compression. A small bump stop extension may help.

Thanks guys, it's just clicked that compression is what matters, hahaha... Thanks again

I used to run 33" tyres on my 2 door without a body lift. The rears used to just touch the inner guards on full cross up, with standard bump stops.
In Victoria any body lift, any suspension lift over 2" or increase in tyre diameter by more than 1" requires an engineers certificate, to be legal.